Stepha Schweiger,
born December 19th 1964 in Regensburg/Germany,
as Stephanie (Kreszenz) Schweiger, since the 80-ies also called "Stepha",
Early interests in Performances since 1970, Tape Recordings and -Experiments since 1972 will lateron be developped in compositions, as well as in the music-theatre and electronic medium domains.
Compositions since 1980. Activities as Composer in the Experimental Music-Theatre- und Indie-Scene since 1982.
Studied Composition at the UdK (Universität, formerly Hochschule der Künste) Berlin (Diploma 1999, Meisterschüler-Exam 2002);
Selected for the one year-course at IRCAM (institut de recherche et coordination acoustique/musique), Paris, 2000 / 01.
Holds speeches and teaches Composition and Musical Analysis during Workshops, an Instrument Master-Class, Mentorship of Diploma and Symposiums at the University of New Mexico, USA, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler and Institut für Neue Musik Berlin, IRCAM Paris.
Band - and Song-Projects.
Commissions for and Performances of New Music since 1990 in Europe, the USA, Brazil. Releases (MC, Single, LP, CD) since 1986.
Studied Composition with Walter Zimmermann and Gösta Neuwirth, accompanied by studies with Helmut Lachenmann, Experimental Music with Dieter Schnebel, Piano with Cristian Petrescu.
Worked with Accroche Note, die Maulwerker, Ensemble ConGioco, Trio Sonar, Künstlergruppe G-Lock, Baby You Know,
Silvia Ocougne, Hilary Jeffery, Matthias Bauer, Anna Clementi, Ulrike Bartsch, Christian Kesten, Klaus Schöpp, Gerhard Scherer, Claudius von Wrochem, Didier Meu, Gisburg, Stephen Altoft, Eva Curth, Eva Zöllner, Fernanda Farah, Claudia Sgarbi and others.
Stations up to now: Bavaria, New York, Paris, the Hague.
At the present permanently living in Berlin.
Stepha Schweiger worklist in chronological order
title (year) instrumentation duration /year of creation
Saprobie (1989/90) trumpet, saxophone, piano, 2 violins, double bass 9‘
Nine Pieces (1990) film-music for trumpet, trombone, saxophone, percussion, piano/synthesizer, 2 violins, viola, double bass 9‘ /1990
Songs 1 (1992) Stimme(n), Piano ca. 30'
Erspähet (1990/1992) alto-voice, piano 5‘
Sp19ri9ng one (1991) piano 19‘/1992
The Swing (1991/1999) variable string trio free /1996
Envelopes (1993) voice free /1993
amidst (1993) voice, actor, prepared piano free /1993
1au9tu9mn3 (1993) four instruments, one dancer 60‘ /1993
Stück für einen Menschen (1994) free
Stück für einen Stromzähler, einen tropfenden Wasserhahn und eine Person (1994) free
28 (1994) music-theatre for flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, violoncello, double bass 28‘ /1994
La Crescenza di 49 (1994) flute, clarinet, violoncello, double bass 7‘ /1994
Floréal (1994) flute 4‘
Solo für Ebba (1994) flute 60‘ /1994
Sites (1994) horn, violoncello 15‘ /1994
metaxy 1 (1995) voice free /1996
Vahide (1995) violoncello 19‘ /1995
ekloge (1996/97) mezzo-soprano, viola, guitar, percussion (Virgil) 10‘ /1997
frango phragmón (1996/97) accordion 5’ /1997
Ashra (1997) voice (1), performer (1), percussion (2) (Kabir) 89‘ /1997
Sommerregen (1997) choir (Bernhard) 6‘
Skira (1997) flute, violoncello, accordion 14‘ /1997
the garden of flowers (1997) mezzo-soprano (Kabir) 10‘ /1997
pandory (1997) marimba, piano 13‘ /1998
Spirkel (1998) theatre-music for oboe, horn 13‘ /1998
exilata (1998) soprano, clarinet (Cioran), also for soprano, bassoon and for soprano, flute 5’ /1998
asphodels 1-7 (1999) trumpet 4‘ /1999
Fresko (1999) large orchestra 7‘
sum1999mer (1999) violin 10‘ /1999
sum1999mer 1 - 8* (99 / 00) violin /trombone /(mezzo-) soprano /bass-voice (Goethe) /piano /flute
/guitar /clarinet free /since 1999
Postkarte von P. A. (2000) 2 fl, ob, 2 cl, bass, horn, trp, trb, tuba, sax, harp, piano, 2
perc, 2 vl, 2vla, 2 vc, db 13‘
ver-blich (2001) double bass, sound processed in real time, five digital tape parts 14‘ /2002
Spur (2002/03) string trio (vl, vla, vc), 5 parts 15‘
BerlinTaumel (2002/03) electronic composition, 10 parts 20’
sum1999mer’ (1999/2004) trombone, possibly electrified 9’ /2004
Schneefeld (2004) concert guitar, possibly electrified 5’ /2005
asphodels 8-10 (2004) double-bass, possibly electrified 3'
perpetual (2005) harp, possibly electrified 8’ /2005
Songs 2 (2004-2010) Voice, Pno./Git.or Band ca.120’ /2006-2010
Engel (2011) Szene f. harp, accordion and digital medium with voice (Text: Lil Steen) 16’ /2011
death of a rose (2010-2012)
* may be performed as soli or simultaneously in any combination
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